Safari 3 now goes to http://www33.not-found-entry.org/search?qo=macminute&rn=THGSY54Z9DfjWYy when you type in Macminute and hit the return key?<br><br>And it's not just macminute, it's any site I put in, like cnn, xtralean, macupdate, etc. It does it unless I enter in the actual site address...then after that I can put in say CNN and it'll go there.<br><br>This wasn't in Tiger.<br><br>

Check System Prefs--->Network--->Configure--->TCP/IP...<br>(The path may be slightly different in Leopard, but if you've been here before, you'll know it when you see it).<br><br>...And have a look at your DNS settings.<br><br>Try deleting anything there and enter these addresses:<br>208.67.222.222<br>208.67.220.220<br><br>

(At the risk of stating what might be obvious)<br>All the DNS settings are is servers which translate named sites into numerical addresses.<br><br>Those server addresses I gave you are reliable...from Cornell University, IIRC. It ain't no big deal to change them. You MAY have to reboot your modem and/or wireless hub after changing them. It can't hurt...just write down your current DNS address(es) in case you want to revert.<br><br><br>

<OL><B>"Uh, not sure why going through my network settings would solve this? I prefer not to mess with the DNS settings until I know for sure that this would affect it."</B></OL>It's possible there's some shenanigans going on, and your usual DNS server has been compromised, and is redirecting your requests.<br><br>

I say it's a DNS thing too. Enter 4.2.2.3 in your Network TCP/IP prefs, click Apply Now, and see if that gets rid of it.<br><br>Don't worry about changing DNS, nothing will catch fire or blow up. I don't use my ISP's DNS servers, they have frequent lags and lack of connections. I used to use the 4.2.2.3 to 4.2.2.6 range. But since Sprint got bought out or merged or whatever, it seemed to drop off in quality. Recently I've been using Open DNS, very consistent.<br><br>------> JD's Trivia game<br><br>------> MCF-MM Trivia game

Interesting. Thought I'd try OpenDNS and I plugged them into my router. Nothing changed, in fact it doesn't appear to even be using their service (when I click to continue it says I haven't started using their service yet).<br><br>I then added those two addresses to the DNS in the advanced section of my System Preferences/Network/Ethernet pane. <br><br>Now when I type Macminute in the address bar I get this in Firefox:<br>http://guide.opendns.com/?url=macminute<br><br>But, Safari immediately takes me to Macminute.com<br><br>

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